Geometric properties of solar wind discontinuities on the Earth’s orbit

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Space and Atmospheric Physics
1Reshetnyk, VN, 1Agapitov, AV
1Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2010, 16 ;(1):68-76
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2010.01.068
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We analyzed the solar wind discontinuity geometry near the Earth’s orbit on the basis of measurements from the Wind, ACE, STEREO A, and STEREO B spacecrafts during 2007. A case study of discontinuity events based on the STEREO A, STEREO B, ACE and Wind measurements is presented. The dependence of the normal direction obtained by different spacecrafts on the cross spacecraft distance was analysed. It is found that the estimated curvature radii of discontinuity front is independent on spatial scale in the range of STEREO A and STEREO B observations. The curvature radii of processed events are found to be of the order of a thousand of RE.
Keywords: discontinuity, solar wind, waves
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